Subtraction Grids
Can you meet the challenge to see how many subtraction calculations you can do in two minutes? There are different levels and you can choose either one or two missing numbers to make your number sentence correct.
Life in Elizabethan England
The Compendium of Common Knowledge contains concise information on many topics associated with the Elizabethan World such as money, religion, food and domestic details. Easy to navigate.
How the Lungs Work
Information on respiration. It includes an excellent animation with narration about how the lungs work and gas exchange.
Coin Calculator
A teaching demonstration tool which works very well on an interactive whiteboard. Coins are dragged onto the drop area and the total amount of money is displayed. Currencies include GDP, Euros and USD.
A River's Journey
The journey of a river can be divided into three sections: upper, middle and lower. This site features video footage of rivers in the three stages and explains what happens in each stage.
How do Dinosaur Fossils form?
This video animation from the Natural History Museum explains how fossils of dinosaurs and sea creatures were formed and why we can sometimes find them today.
Swift Shop
This site explains UK coins and their relative values.
Telling the Time in Words
A game where you need to tell the time in words. Use language such as 'o'clock', 'half past' and 'quarter to' and compare the analogue time to digital time. The site works very well on an interactive whiteboard.
Using Numbers on a Number Line
An excellent podcast with ideas for improving children's understanding of number lines and how teachers can draw out pupils' reasoning skills, use of language and the beginning of understanding proportion.
How did Iron Age people live?
Find out how people of the Iron Age learned how to use iron and how this discovery had a dramatic impact on everyday life. The site covers how people lived and worked, their spiritual beliefs and their tools.
